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Re: Re: Small documention addenda
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
This isn't correct. Automatic checking for updates might be switched on
by default on most or even all Linux systems today, but it's still a
customizable setting so it can be switched on or off.
Which can be fixed by adding a "by default":
--- cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml.old 2008-11-17 18:01:37.343750000 +0100
+++ cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.sgml 2008-11-17 18:02:30.031250000 +0100
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@
</para>
<para>
Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the
-graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. By default,
+graphical <command>setup.exe</command> program. Note that, differently from
+what happens under most Unix and Linux systems, presence of updated
+packages isn't checked automatically in the default installation, but you have
+to run manually
+<command>setup.exe</command> to check for updates. By default,
<command>setup.exe</command> only installs a minimal set of packages,
so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package
selection screen. You may also search for specfic tools on the Cygwin
--- cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.texi.old 2008-11-17 18:01:50.406250000 +0100
+++ cygwin-doc-1.4/src/cygwin-ug-net.texi 2008-11-17 18:03:26.031250000 +0100
@@ -142,9 +142,12 @@
@ref{Using Cygwin effectively with Windows}.
Any time you want to update or install a Cygwin package, use the
-graphical @code{setup.exe} program. By default,
-@code{setup.exe} only installs a minimal set of packages,
-so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package
+graphical @code{setup.exe} program. Note that, differently from what happens
+under most Unix and Linux systems, presence of updated packages isn't
+checked automatically in the default installation, but you have to run manually
+@code{setup.exe} to check
+for updates. By default, @code{setup.exe} only installs a minimal set of
+packages, so look around and choose your favorite utilities on the package
selection screen. You may also search for specfic tools on the Cygwin
website's @uref{http://cygwin.com/packages/,Setup Package Search} For more
information about what each option in
@code{setup.exe} means, see @ref{Internet Setup}.
Btw., is there really no way to use setup.exe for automatic updates
using some of the command line switches? I honestly don't know.
It can be done via crontab, I simply care about the default setting.
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